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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “oxygen builder”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “oxygen builder”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 20. 2 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Figma to Oxygen Builder – ready→made WordPress Integration shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Use Any Font | Custom Font Uploader places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 1148 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 FunnelKit – Funnel Builder Plugin for WooCommerce Checkout 30K+ · 5.0★ (1028) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder 70K+ · 4.6★ (235) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 CartFlows – Funnel Builder & Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce 200K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #3 ↑4 1 too high 5 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #6 ↑3 7 Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ · 4.6★ (779) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Use Any Font | Custom Font Uploader 200K+ · 4.7★ (1148) wp.org #12 ↑5 4 too low 9 Site Reviews 60K+ · 4.9★ (376) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Variation Swatches for WooCommerce – Color, Image & Size Swatches 200K+ · 4.6★ (51) wp.org #7 ↓2 3 too high 11 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too high 12 Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI 90K+ · 4.9★ (375) wp.org #13 ↑6 1 too low 13 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ · 4.4★ (590) wp.org #14 ↓2 15 Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 20K+ · 4.6★ (698) wp.org #17 ↑4 2 too low 16 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #16 17 Product Table & List Builder for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.9★ (254) wp.org #22 ↑1 5 too low 18 Filter Everything — WordPress & WooCommerce Filters 50K+ · 4.6★ (154) wp.org #18 ↓3 19 Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat” 700K+ · 4.7★ (189) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too low 20 ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps 8K+ · 4.5★ (160) wp.org #24 ↓4 4 too low 21 Modern Cart – WooCommerce Side Cart & Popup Cart 60K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #23 ↑1 2 too low 22 Content Update Scheduler 2K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Figma to Oxygen Builder – ready→made WordPress Integration 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↑3 13 too high 24 Editor Cleanup For Oxygen: FDP add-on to cleanup the Oxygen editor 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 9 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.